'That really pisses me off!' | 00:53Daniel Ricciardo might finally have turned a corner in his difficult F1 season, with his Shanghai retirement masking what wasAs the grid takes to Miami for the third time, Ricciardo has been handed a show of support from his VCARB boss Laurent Mekies, who “absolutely” believes Ricciardo still has elite potential – and praised the positive signs already on display from the Australian after a difficult start to the campaign.
Qualifying has been Ricciardo’s biggest weakness this season, but he comfortably outclassed his young teammate in Shanghai, andThere were, however, mitigating factors in his success – or Yuki Tsunoda’s surprising failure. On a track where he has historically been successful, he appeared to be more comfortable in his VCARB than any prior weekend this season – and a new chassis may have also played a part.Verstappen's reign continues in China | 02:48
“Already in Saudi, we were starting to say that we were seeing stuff that made us understand how to support him better,” Mekies told Autosport. “So yeah, the trajectory is good. “We have been saying for quite a few races that he was more and more comfortable with the car, and it proved to be the case . I’m sure it’s not the last step forward that we will make with him.”
Ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix, Red Bull boss Christian Horner said it was up to Ricciardo to earn a return to the ‘senior’ team.“He needs to show the kind of head-turning form to make not only ourselves, but potentially to make others, take notice,” but added that it’s still early in the season.And Red Bull’s top adviser Helmut Marko said before Shanghai: “The expectation was that he had to be clearly faster than Yuki if he wanted to have any hope of getting a seat at Red Bull.
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